AICTO

T-minus 5 hours till the Mr. & I trek up to Idyllwild!

Today is our 12 year dating anniv. & our 13th annual trip up the mountain

(although we have gone at other times during the year...).

For those of you who are new here -- 

Catch up on "The Story of Us" here and why we go to Idyllwild every year.

In just a few hours we will get to be here!

And see our wonderful friends the Tates! And the Tates!

Excitement! Much!

Celebrating 10 Years of US

The third week in October means Idyllwild time. Every year we visit Idyllwild to camp, stay with friends or take a day-cation to celebrate the beginning of US since 1999.

Here is the NEW updated version

(specifically the engagement and photos):

The Story of US

In the beginning... July 1999

Paul and I were introduced through Moe. Moe and I went to Disneyland which is where Paul was working at the time. Paul was a tram operator, so Moe and I ended up riding around on the back of the tram a few times while they talked. I said some sarcastic comment about sitting well back into your seat and he shot one back at me. (ahh love)

October 1999
It was early October and the show Roswell was on for the first time, Angela and I were hanging out in the dorm. I was on bubbs and noticed that Paul was online, I mentioned this to Ang. She said invite him to chat and I replied why would I do that, I don't really know him. After a few minutes I did end up beginning a chat with Paul. I told Ang I felt like playing basketball and for anyone who knows Ang knows she couldn't play a sport to save her life so she suggested I ask Paul if he wanted to come down and play. He for some unknown reason said yes. So I got my basketball and Ang and I headed over to the court, Paul met us there. About 5 minutes after Paul got there Ang got a call from an old BF and decided to talk to him so we were left alone, we shot hoops for a couple hours. Paul then drove Ang and I over to Denny's where we met up with a group from Biola and Moe tried to introduce me to Paul again, I mentioned that he was the one that dropped Ang and I off and a look of surprise and then approval spread across Moe's face. Paul had to leave pretty quick because he had Spanish early the next morning (like he ever went to Spanish class).

Well that was Oct. 7th. The next Monday Paul and I decided to go to a church service where we were packed in like sardines and after about 15min. Paul fell asleep. I kept nudging him the whole time. I found out afterwards that if he was in an uncomfortable position or it was to hot that he falls asleep.

Paul and I in our many conversations talked about movies that were coming out soon and for some reason we both wanted to see The Story of Us. So that Friday Paul picked me up from work (Chuck E. Cheese) and we went to AMC in Fullerton. Paul's roommate Daryl and some of their other friends met us there. By the end of the movie we were holding hands. We will forever "discuss" who held whose hand. All I know is that some how when the couple on screen was reconciling our hands found each other. When we stood up we stopped holding hands, Daryl looked at us funny like Paul had forgot to tell him we were dating or something, even though we weren't.

The following week was Torrey which means about half of Biola uses the time off from regular classes to take a mini vacation. Moe, Nick, Paul and I decided to go camping next door to the camp where Paul worked at for a couple summers. Paul and I took a walk, he wanted to show me Camp Maranatha and town. We went back into some small shops where there was a wooden porch swing and sat down. We just talked about nothing and everything for quite sometime. Then Paul tried his best to ask me out, but it came out something like this... we should stop doing what we are doing (holding hands) if we aren't gunna be together... you know. I agreed, so we officially started dating October 21, 1999.

October 2000
A year later Moe, Nick, Paul and I decided to head back up to Idyllwild. In order to have some "girl time" and because Nick had to work a night volleyball game Moe and I drove up a day early. The evening the boys were coming up Moe decided we should go surprise them, watch the game and then we could all drive back up together.

Boy did we surprise them alright. I saw Paul walking around, I snuck up behind him and hugged tightly. I could feel his entire body stiffen. He swung around and the chin dropped. Immediately Paul said he need to go use the restroom. I turned to Moe and said that was weird. We dismissed it as he was just surprised to see us. The three of us watched the games and waited for Nick to complete the press release, it was finally time to head back up the mountain. It was really late by the time we got back to Idyllwild. Quickly the 4 of us started a fire and sat around talking.

Paul and I decided to go for a walk again as we had the year before. Slowly Paul and I made our way through town and back to the very spot where we started our relationship, the bench. Once again we sat down and talked about the past year. Paul began to tell me how much he loved me, and suddenly stood from the bench, knelt down while pulling a box out of his pocket and asked me to marry him. Before the boy could even open the box I said YES, while trying to move to hug him and nearly fell off the bench. Paul slid the ring on my finger and we kissed.

On our way back to camp we decided to play it cool, pretend nothing happened. Moe and Nick kept looking at us like uh, you two going to spill it or what. You see Moe and Nick knew of Paul's little proposal. After a few minutes we did confirm that yes indeed the twos of us were engaged.

October 21, 2000We go back and visit "OUR" bench every year.

October 2001October 2002

October 2003 October 2005
October 2006October 2007

10th Annual Idyllwild Camping Trip in October (AICTO)

Will have to wait. All the people at Pauls work snatched up all the weekends in October so we will not be able to visit this month. We are planning on figuring out a weekend soon when we can go up and camp before it starts to get too cold.

We did celebrate our 9 year dating anniversary tonight by going out for come BBQ, buying some picture frames from Target and then cosing up on the couch to watch the BL.

For your reading pleasure and to refresh your memory you can read TSOU. :)

New posts should return soon and I promise that in the next month we will get our Alaska trip with photos posted! Things have just been so crazy with the packing and the moving and the unpacking along with work.

Third Installment

The story of US continues... So we started dating Oct. 21st 1999. Said "I love you" Oct. 31st 1999. Then just 5 days or so later we began talking about getting married. I am not sure of the conversation but I do know that it felt natural as if we had been together our whole lives. Some may say that at 19 you don't know who you are or what you want but sometimes I feel as if I knew better then than I do know.

So 1 year to the day while we were taking a walk as we had done the year before we went and found our swing and sat down. We relaxed and talked awhile before Paul began to say what I can only assume he had been going over in his head since he recieved the ring from the jewlers. Once he had finished he got down on bended knee and asked me to be his wife. I almost fell out of the swing when I went to hug him and say yes. Paul then slipped the ring on my finger and we hugged, and promptly took a photo afterwards.

Three Words

Story of US (part 2)

And we mark another wonderful year of our continuing love.

9th Annual Idyllwild Camping Trip in October

I will start off with a link to the The story of how we became US

This last weekend was our Idyllwild trip and we had a great time. We were back to basics this year. It has been a few years since we auctually camped since we have been blessed to have our dear friends Sarah and Josh living in Idyllwild and were able to stay at their house. We started off by heading to our usual place to camp the state park but there was a sign saying no camp fires and we were so not going to last the weekend with out cooking over an open flame. So we headed down to the county park and lucky for us they were allowing camp fires. We got camp set up very quickly and settled in. We spent the evening just enjoying each others company, reading and watching an Indiana Jones movie.

On Saturday we woke up early got ready and had some breakfast. Then it was off to paint pottery! Again something we havent done in recent years. We spent about two hours creating some beautiful pieces to bring home. Afterwards we walked around town and then headed back to camp for lunch and pumpkin carving. Paul and I headed over to Camp to say hello to Paul's relatives. It was time for game 6 Indians vs. Red Sox so as per tradition we went over to the Idyllwild Pizza Co. to eat some delicious pizza and watch the game.

We woke up Sunday and had breakfast. Then started to pack up camp, after we were done it was time to go pick up our pottery, walked around town a little bit more and headed down the mountain. The wind was so horrible coming down the mountain I thought we were going to be blown into the side of it. Driving on the freeway it was pretty much a sand storm for the majority of the drive. We made it home safely to watch game 7.

Second Installment

The Story Of Us

So... for those of you following the story, Paul and I started dating on Oct. 21, 1999. On Halloween night we went to a party at Nick's parents house. Do you like our costumes? Paul is Mr. Bubbles (it says so on his shirt) and I am from Stewert (a dorm at Biola).After the party Paul and I headed back to his apartment for a bit to talk and hang out. We were cuddling and Paul told me that there was something he wanted to say but feared it was too soon. I asked him to tell me, and that is the night we told each other those three HUGE words, "I love you!" For those of you math majors that was a whole 10 days after we started dating. But we meant it, every word of it, and we still do!

7th Anniversary

The third week in October means Idyllwild time. We have been going to up Idyllwild to camp, stay with friends or even just drive up for the day to celebrate the beginning of US since 1999.

Here is the revised version:

The Story of US

For those of you who don't know let me start at the beginning... Paul and I were introduced originally through Moe. Moe and I had gone to Disneyland and Paul happened to be working. So we rode around on the back of the tram a few times while they talked. I said some sarcastic comment about sitting well back into your seat and he shot one back at me. (ahh love)

Well we started hanging out about two months after that. It was early October and the show Roswell was on for the first time, Morgan and I were hanging out. I was on bubbs and bored and I noticed that Paul was online and mentioned this to Morgan. She said invite him to chat and I was like I don't even know him why would I do that. I did finally started a chat with him. I told Angela I felt like playing basketball and for anyone who knows Morgan knows she couldn't play a sport to save her life so she suggested I ask Paul if he wanted to come down and play. He for some unknown reason said yes. So I got my basketball and Angela and I headed over to the court, Paul met us there. About 5 minutes after Paul got there Morgan got a call from an ex-boyfriend and decided to talk to him so we were left alone, we shot hoops for a couple hours. Paul then drove Curly and I over to Denny's where we met up with a group from Biola and Moe tried to introduce me to Paul again I mentioned that he was the one that dropped Morgan and I off. Paul had to leave after a few min. because he had Spanish early the next morning (like he ever went to Spanish class).

Well that was Oct. 7th. The next Monday Paul and I decided to go to a church service where we were packed in like sardines and after about 15min. Paul fell asleep. I kept nudging him the whole time. I found out afterwards that if he was in an uncomfortable position or it was to hot that he falls asleep. That night we talked about going to see a movie.

For some reason we both wanted to see The Story of Us so on the next Friday Paul picked me up from work (Chuck E. Cheese) and we went to AMC in Fullerton. Paul's roommate Daryl and some of their other friends met us there. By the end of the movie we were holding hands. We will forever "discuss" who held whose hand. All I know is that some how when the couple on screen was reconciling our hands found each other. When we stood up we stopped holding hands, Daryl looked at us funny like Paul had forgot to tell him we were dating or something but we didn't even know what was going on at that time. We didn't talk about holding hands the whole way back to Biola.

The next week was supposed to be Torrey which means about half of Biola uses the time off from regular classes to take a mini vacation. Moe, Nick, Paul and I decided to go camping next door to the camp where Paul worked at for a couple summers. Paul and I decided to take a walk, he wanted to show me Camp Maranatha and walk around town. We went back into some small shops where there was a wooden porch swing and sat down. Paul tried his best to ask me out, but it came out something like this... we should stop doing what we are doing (holding hands) if we aren't gunna be together... you know. I agreed with what he said and so we officially started dating October 21, 1999.

A year later at the very spot where we started our relationship Paul asked me to marry him. (he must have practiced because that speech was well planned.) We go back and visit "OUR" bench every year.